“Train” Olympiacos, overthrew Maccabi with drivers Vezenkov and Fournier!

He “survived” the derby with combat Maccabi and Olympiacos left Belgrade with its fifth consecutive victory in the Euroleague!

The “red and whites” faced a lot of difficulties against the Israelis, after conceding 53 points in the first half and finding themselves behind in the score with double-digit differences (57-44 at the beginning of the third period), but then he dramatically improved his defensive function and finally managed to prevail with 94-91!

Thus, Olympiacos improved its record to 7-3having as the leaders in their evening Vezenkov (21p, 4 rib), Fournier (20p) and Milutinov (11p, 8 rib), while important help was also given by Vildosa (10p, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and 0 fouls). Worry Dorseywho was injured, did not play at all in the second half and there are fears of a concussion.

On the other hand, for Maccabi which fell to 3-7, they stood out Chord (20p) and Randolph (15p).

The match:



Giorgos Bartzokas started the game with Walkup, Vildosa, Fournier, Vezenkov and Fall, who had Larentzakis, Mitrou-Long and Evans out of the starting lineup, while Katas chose for his starting five Blatt, Yokoubaitis, Hord, Randolph and Gabriel , not having available the injured Rivero and newly acquired Sayok.

The match started with Olympiakos entering the “ice” highly concentrated and with few fans in the stands of Hala Pionir, performing flawlessly on both sides of the floor! THE Fal dished out two assists for 4-2, while Vezenkov and Fournier hit 3-pointers for 2-10, forcing Katas to take his first timeout early. Maccabi found baskets of Chord and Randolphbut Olympiacos continued to show clear minds in their attacks, taking an 18-9 lead and going 7/9 from the field. THE Vezenkov got into double figures early, making it 12-20, DeJulius cut it to 15-20 with a three-pointer, while the “red and whites” finished the first period with 11/20 shooting from the field, 8 assists and no errors, while having the lead with 29-24.

Olympiacos continued to control the match, with Milutinov saving possessions with his offensive rebounding, before giving way to Wright, who made a beautiful hook to make it 24-33. However, at that point in the match the “red and white” made three mistakes, allowing Maccabi to strike with their surprises and make a 7-0 run, getting closer to “shooting distance” (31-33). With consecutive points from DorseyOlympiacos escaped again to +7 (31-38), but there again some consecutive errors appeared, thanks to which Maccabi hit with surprises and made a 9-0 run, taking the lead for the first time in the match (44-38 ). With his team Bartzoka to have completely lost her rhythm in attack (0/6 three-pointers in the second quarter), but also her concentration in defense, the Maccabi found itself leading up to +12 (53-41), while closing the second period with a score of 29-13 in its favor, going to the locker room earlier with 53-42.

Back-to-back layups by Walkup and Fournier gave Maccabi a 57-44 lead thanks to back-to-back Sorkin points, Vildosa’s 3-pointer and Fall’s two-pointer cut it to 57-49, but Hord scored after another Walkup miss , for 59-49. Fournier made it 59-52 with a foul basket, while Vildosa he hit again from a distance, putting Olympiakos, who also improved his defense, at – 4 (59-55). Through their consecutive good defenses, the “red and white” found a rhythm with him as well Fournier warming up and scoring 7 consecutive points of his own, they went ahead again (61-64), before Vezenkov and Goss scored for 63-70which was also the score as the third quarter ended.

Having dramatically improved its defensive function and coming from a 28-11 advantage in the third period, Olympiacos took a 74-65 lead thanks to a steal and an easy layup by the center on Vildosa night, but Maccabi responded with a short run of 6 -0, dropping to 71-74. Sorkin’s three-pointer reduced the score to 74-76, but Olympiacos did not lose its concentration, escaping with 81-76 thanks to a foul basket by Gosh. The Israelis came back again, getting closer to 81-82, but Fournier and Goss made it 83-88 with big three-pointers, while in the “final stretch” and with 11.9” to go, Blatt cut it to 91 with a three-pointer. -92, o Vezenkov put two shots for it 91-94while o Li missed a three-pointer to equalize, with Olympiakos celebrating the victory.

The quarters: 24-29, 53-42, 63-70, 91-94

The match statistics

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